Turns out all of these characters have been erased from Earth’s timeline or they have returned to a different Earth but Ray can’t figure that out

It takes a mini-brawl with the Justice League and the majority of this issue for the writers to get across the idea

The group turns to Cadmus at the direction of Jimmy Olsen (hmmmmm… Firestorm, Ray Palmer, Donna Troy… no, I’ll take scientific advice from Jimmy Olsen)

After an initial level 1 fight scene, they meet up with Dubbilex who also does not who they are

He says he will help but Karate Kid is already dead

Origin of Bane

Countdown to Final Crisis #7 is on par with almost all of the issues in this series, good old filler and not worth your time! This issue didn’t even have any really cool well-done splash pages to “ooooh” at.